15 Best fiction books like The Black Dog by Kevin Bridges

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The Black Dog

By: Kevin Bridges

3.60

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

THE BLACK DOG is the exciting debut novel from one of Britain's most-loved comedians, Kevin Bridges…

"There’s too much pressure on folk nowadays to try and fully eradicate any form of sadness…"

-Kevin Bridges, The Black Dog

"There’s too much pressure on folk nowadays to try and fully eradicate any form of sadness…"

-Kevin Bridges, The Black Dog

If you liked the fiction plot in The Black Dog by Kevin Bridges , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. Poverty Safari

By: Darren McGarvey

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

People from deprived communities all around Britain feel misunderstood and unheard. Darren McGarvey… read more

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2. Crime

By: Irvine Welsh

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Welsh's sizzling new novel, Crime, is a thrilling journey into the bright glamour of the Sunshine S… read more

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3. The Amateurs

By: John Niven

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Gary Irvine is pretty happy in Ardgirvan, a small town on Scotland's west coast. Only two things wo… read more

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4. Meantime

By: Frankie Boyle

3.54

Format: 359 pages, Kindle Edition

Glasgow, 2015. When Valium addict Felix McAveety's best friend Marina is found murdered in the loca… read more

Similar categories in Frankie Boyle's Meantime book and Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog

  • humor
  • comedy
  • crime
  • fiction
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5. Scabby Queen

By: Kirstin Innes

3.72

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Three days before her fifty-first birthday, Clio Campbell - one-hit-wonder, political activist, lif… read more

Similar categories in Kirstin Innes's Scabby Queen book and Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"At what point did the policeman stop? When he put his cock in? Whose was the sperm that had fathered her child? Was that erection, that constant need to get her knickers off all part of the performan…"

-Kirstin Innes, Scabby Queen

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6. Alan Partridge: Big Beacon

By: Alan Partridge

4.27

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the o… read more

Similar categories in Alan Partridge's Alan Partridge: Big Beacon book and Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog

  • humor
  • comedy
  • fiction
Cover of Squeaky Clean (Squeaky Clean, #1) by Callum McSorley

7. Squeaky Clean (Squeaky Clean, #1)

By: Callum McSorley

4.10

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

Half the Glasgow polis think DI Alison McCoist is bent. The other half just think she's a fuck-up. … read more

Similar categories in Callum McSorley's Squeaky Clean (Squeaky Clean, #1) book and Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog

  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) by Richard Osman

8. The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

By: Richard Osman

4.49

Format: 421 pages, Hardcover

Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been … read more

Similar categories in Richard Osman's The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4) book and Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog

  • humor
  • crime
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"His authentic indifference seems to delight them."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I think Psychopaths wear lipstick too,' says Joyce."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"I love you,' he says. Because what else is there to say?"

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

"Sure,' says Ron. 'She wants to kill me. Bake her some scones."

-Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club, #4)

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9. Paper Cup

By: Karen Campbell

4.11

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

What if going back means you could begin again? Rocked by a terrible accident, homeless Kelly ne… read more

Similar categories in Karen Campbell's Paper Cup book and Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Kill 'Em All by John Niven

10. Kill 'Em All

By: John Niven

4.07

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited sequel to KILL YOUR FRIENDS It is 2017 – the time of Trump, Brexit and fake new… read more

Similar categories in John Niven's Kill 'Em All book and Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog

  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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11. The Satsuma Complex

By: Bob Mortimer

3.68

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

'My name is Gary. I’m a thirty-year-old legal assistant with a firm of solicitors in London. To des… read more

Similar categories in Bob Mortimer's The Satsuma Complex book and Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog

  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • crime
  • comedy
"And off she toddled back into the flat, banging Lassoo in the face with the door as he followed behind her. He looked up at me as if to say, 'That's your fucking fault."

-Bob Mortimer, The Satsuma Complex

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12. O Brother

By: John Niven

4.64

Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition

John Niven’s little brother Gary was fearless, popular, stubborn, handsome, hilarious and sometimes… read more

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"My mother can hold her own where foreign words are involved. The simple duo-syllable 'croissant' comes out variously as 'craw-sank', 'crass-ant', or 'crah-sint', the word seeming to have no business …"

-John Niven, O Brother

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13. The Young Team

By: Graeme Armstrong

4.49

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

2005. Glasgow is named Europe’s Murder Capital, driven by a violent territorial gang and knife cult… read more

Similar categories in Graeme Armstrong's The Young Team book and Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog

  • crime
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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14. The Long Knives

By: Irvine Welsh

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Justice can be a blunt instrument "Men like him usually tell the story. In business. Politics. Medi… read more

Similar categories in Irvine Welsh's The Long Knives book and Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog

  • crime
  • fiction
"We're all confused youths, pal. We just get better at covering it up."

-Irvine Welsh, The Long Knives

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15. The Cliff House

By: Chris Brookmyre

3.79

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Seven women. Seven sins. One night of judgment. Jen Dunne is forty-two and getting married for the … read more

Similar categories in Chris Brookmyre's The Cliff House book and Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog

  • crime
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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16. Ginger and Me

By: Elissa Soave

3.86

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The debut novel from the winner of the Primadonna Prize. Wendy is nineteen and living alone.All… read more

Similar categories in Elissa Soave's Ginger and Me book and Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story: A Non-Memoir by James Blunt

17. Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story: A Non-Memoir

By: James Blunt

4.16

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

This book is inspired by true events but is not a biography.The truth is My Truth is not The Truth,… read more

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18. Duck Feet

By: Ely Percy

4.52

Format: 391 pages, Paperback

'Duck Feet' is a coming-of-age novel, set in the mid-noughties in Renfrew and Paisley, Scotland. D… read more

Similar categories in Ely Percy's Duck Feet book and Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Black Dog by Kevin Bridges

19. The Black Dog

By: Kevin Bridges

3.60

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

THE BLACK DOG is the exciting debut novel from one of Britain's most-loved comedians, Kevin Bridges… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog book and Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog

  • humor
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • crime
  • comedy
"There’s too much pressure on folk nowadays to try and fully eradicate any form of sadness…"

-Kevin Bridges, The Black Dog

Cover of Resolution (Ray Lennox, #3) by Irvine Welsh

20. Resolution (Ray Lennox, #3)

By: Irvine Welsh

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

"The truth is what we say the truth is . . . " Former detective Ray Lennox is determined to sta… read more

Similar categories in Irvine Welsh's Resolution (Ray Lennox, #3) book and Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog

  • crime
Cover of The Hotel Avocado by Bob Mortimer

21. The Hotel Avocado

By: Bob Mortimer

4.21

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

Gary Thorn is struggling with a big decision. Should he stay in London, wallowing in the safety of … read more

Similar categories in Bob Mortimer's The Hotel Avocado book and Kevin Bridges's The Black Dog

  • humor
  • comedy
  • crime
  • fiction

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Kirstin Innes

3.72

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Richard Osman

4.49

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Karen Campbell

4.11

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4.07

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Jennie Godfrey

4.29

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Rory Stewart

4.36

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4.16

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